City Gov’t conducts disaster preparedness training

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By Aira Genesa Magdayao

In a bid to raise disaster preparedness in Puerto Princesa, the City Risk Reduction and Management Office conducted a ‘Basic Incident Command System Training’ on October 10-13, with four speakers from the Office of the Civil Defense leading the activity.

Around 60 trainees participated in the training, mainly from government agencies such as Kilos Agad Action Center (KAAC), the Philippine Navy, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Philippine Coastguard.

Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Earl Timbancaya said the activity was conducted to standardize incident command systems in the City, as well as to emphasize the importance of response systems during natural calamities. “This activity needs to be done first and foremost as mandated by law to standardize the City at the same time this is the critical component in case of natural calamity scenario,” Timbancaya said.

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